English Lyrics Verse 1Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burningGive me oil in my lamp, I prayGive me oil in my lamp, keep me burningKeep me burning till the break of dayChorusSing hosanna, sing hosannaSing hosanna to the king of kingsSing hosanna, sing hosannaSing hosanna to the kingVerse 2Give me joy in my…
English Lyrics 1 What a wonderful change in my life has been wroughtSince Jesus came into my heart!I have light in my soul for which long I have sought,Since Jesus came into my heart!Refrain:Since Jesus came into my heart,Since Jesus came into my heart,Floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll,Since Jesus…
English Lyrics What a friend we have in JesusAll our sins and griefs to bearAnd what a privilege to carryEverything to God in prayerOh, what peace we often forfeitOh, what needless pain we bearAll because we do not carryEverything to God in prayerHave we trials and temptations?Is there trouble anywhere?We should never be discouragedTake it…
Just after eleven o’clock on a Wednesday evening in 1904, a solo voice rang out with the hymn “Here is love vast as the ocean”. Maybe a thousand people were in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Abertillery at the time, leaning over the galleries, packing every pew and squeezing into every spare corner. They’d been here for…
English Lyrics Longing for light, we wait in darkness.Longing for truth, we turn to you.Make us your own, your holy people,light for the world to see.Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.Shine through the darkness.Christ, be our light!Shine in your church gathered today.Longing for peace, our world is troubled.Longing for hope, many despair.Your word…
The hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first couplet of the second verse paraphrases Galatians 6:14a and the…
